The LaSallianDe La Salle University (DLSU) has taken it upon itself to be a world-class research university and a university for the poor. But with two competing goals, can the University really balance the need for high tuition fees to fund research projects with the need to make a Lasallian education accessible to the middle and…
Every 10 years or so, the La Salle administration sits down to determine the kind of core curriculum for general education that should be used to better facilitate student learning. In AY 2003-2004, administration implemented the Lasallian curriculum, which focused on the selection of the subjects students would have to take in their stay in…
On October 11, 2012 USG President Jana Cabuhat received a report that the USG venue reservation account had been suspended due to three venue reservation violations. Moreover, Cabuhat was informed that the USG room reservations done in the said account for the entire term would all be cancelled. As of press time, however, the suspension…
Since the start of the school year, the different units of the University Student Government (USG) have been active in fulfilling campaign promises from the candidates during the General Elections and initiating projects for the student body. While the Office of the President focused on educating students about national issues, the other offices, particularly that…
The stretch from Agno to Enrique Razon Sports Complex, which includes the whole of Fidel Street, is now a non-smoking area. The revision of the no-smoking policy stemmed from complaints of concessionaires from Agno, as well as parents, all the way to the Student Discipline Formation Office (SDFO). The previous version of the policy indicated…
Julio Fajardo (I, BS-STAT) is currently residing in a dorm at Taft Avenue. He observes mounds of trash scattered alongside the street. He laments, “It’s quite disheartening that this scenario which should be very easy to solve has been one of the main reasons of the recent flooding alongside the avenue, since it clogs the…
Last July, Asia was once again threatened by a pandemic that has been present since the 1980s. The Enterovirus 71 (EV71) is a variant form of the Hand, Food and Mouth Disorder. Currently, the disease has claimed the lives of approximately 65 children, below the age of seven years old in a neighboring country of…
As early as 1976, the De La Salle brothers had envisioned the Canlubang campus. The initial plan sought to use the campus for the College of Education. By the 1990s, plans for Canlubang changed. Canlubang was being considered as a possible extension for the College of Business and College of Liberal Arts. And by 2003…
Following his term as President of De La Salle Philippines (DLSP) and two years after his short stint as Chancellor of DLSU, Br. Ricky Laguda will officially take the post of President on June 16, 2012. Earlier this year, the Board of Trustees announced his appointment as the new President, amid Br. Jun Erguiza’s departure…
Lasallians who attempted to access their My.Lasalle (MLS) accounts during the summer for enrollment would have found the experience, once again, inconvenient and frustrating, due to the MLS system’s seemingly constant incapacity to consistently accommodate student needs. Then as now, this has also been the case with the online reservation for adjustment passes for the…